tostão
/tuʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“tostão” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #27,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,305
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - antiga moeda de níquel de cem réis
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tostão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tuʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tostão” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around tostão (IPA /tuʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,305 among 1,850 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tostão, with forms such as "otstão", "tosstão", and "tostoã". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "totó", "total", "tosa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tostão, spelled T-O-S-T-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1antiga moeda de níquel de cem réis
- 2dinheiro
- 3joelhada na coxa
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otstão
- tosstão
- tostoã
- tosttão
- tosãto
- totsão
- tsotão
- ttostão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tostão - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tostão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-S-T-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tuʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “totó” - see the side-by-side comparison. tostão vs totó
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.